Vythoulkas v. Vanderbilt University Hospital

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to consider an important question concerning the scope of pretrial discovery regarding expert witnesses. Specifically, we are called upon to determine whether a party, through the use of written interrogatories pursuant to Tenn.R.Civ.P. 33, may discover identifying information concerning an adversary’s formally retained expert when the expert is not expected to be called as witness at trial. After balancing the policy encouraging parties to seek expert advice with the policy favoring full pretrial disclosure of all relevant matters, we…